Ben Evans Quotes & Sayings

I had a fan who had a fictional relationship with me. She wrote letters to me and then wrote return letters to herself (from me). In her mind, we were married and had two children. Her parents finally uncovered this delusional life she was living and she got help. — Matthew McConaughey

I need to stop fantasizing about running away to some other life and start figuring out the one I have. — Holly Black

Most human behavior is controlled by images. Image is a factor in how people look at themselves and what they use to reflect themselves. The control of images is a major factor in world power. — John Henrik Clarke

Without international participation, jobs and emissions will simply shift overseas to countries that require few, if any, environmental protections, harming the global environment as well as the U.S. economy. — Fred Upton

Community means that people come together around the table, not just to feed their bodies, but to feed their minds and their relationships. — Henri Nouwen

The rest of the band faded down to almost nothing while my dad did his best Bill Evans impression - except hopefully without the untreated hepatitis. — Ben Aaronovitch

Yet as she tells the story, the change came about when that director stopped treating her like an antagonist and treated her like a person. He apologized for publicly calling her "baby-killer" and started spending time with her during her smoking breaks in the parking lot. Later, McCorvey accepted an invitation to church from a seven-year-old girl whose mother also worked at Operation Rescue. Pro-abortion forces had dismissed McCorvey - her dubious record of drug-dealing, alcohol, lesbianism, and rape made bad public relations - but Christian leaders took the time to counsel her in the faith, keeping her out of the public spotlight for half a year. "Ultimately, God is the one who changes hearts," says McCorvey now. "A Christian witness is the biggest tool in effecting change. — Philip Yancey

Reading can be just feeding, but smart reading takes us further. The classroom is one way to go deeper, but we can't stay in school forever. — Bobbie Ann Mason

You've got to believe beyond a shadow of a doubt that you have what it takes. God created you to excel, and He's given you ability, insight, talent, wisdom, and His supernatural power to do so. — Joel Osteen

This Second Century appeals to me because it was the last century, for a very long period of time, in which men could think and express themselves with full freedom. As for us, we are perhaps already very far from such times as that. — Marguerite Yourcenar

If he turns out to be gay, I will be furious. They get all the good ones! — David Levithan

Fill your brain with giant dreams so it has no space for petty pursuits. — Robin Sharma

By their very nature, idiots do not have the intellectual capacity to identify genius. All that idiots are mentally equipped to recognize are other idiots. — Dermot Davis

Few things are impossible in themselves: application to make them succeed fails us more often than the means. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

To Ben, love was the flame in which he wanted to be reborn. He wanted to be remade by it. — Holly Black

Arizona faces many challenges ahead. None is more important or more pressing than passing a new state budget. — Jane D. Hull

Past success is no guarantee of future success, so I have learned to be an entrepreneur. I began to produce and direct my own projects. — Ian Ziering